PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB Redirects Removal

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Every time you as much as touch your browser, the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB URL is displayed in your address bar and then you get redirected to some other web page? Don’t worry, we are here to help. Unfortunately, it’s true. You have a browser infection. You have the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker on board. The good news is that this parasite is not a full-fledged virus, but a malicious ad-generating program. The hijacker slips into your computer unnoticed and infects all installed browsers. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, there is no immune browsers. The hijacker attaches its malicious extension to your browsers and initiates an ad bombardment. The parasite injects various advertisements on every website you open. Sliding panels, banners, hyperlinks, in-text adverts. You name it. All these are part of the hijacker’s arsenal. This furtive utility will ruin your browsing experience. When you think that you are finally used to the adverts, the hijacker will surprise you with something new. This parasite can also redirect your web traffic to sponsored pages, pause your online videos for commercial breaks and even open pop-up messages. You will hate the experience. What is worse, the more time the hijacker spends on your device, the more aggressive will it become. So, take action against the parasite. We have provided a manual removal guide below this article. You can also use a trustworthy anti-virus app. Choose your method and act. The sooner you remove the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker surprised you with its appearance. You will be even more surprised to discover who let this parasite on board. It was you the one who installed the hijacker. We are not joking. The PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker is not an ingenious virus. It cannot install itself. No, to enter your OS, it needs your permission. Yet, it doesn’t need to be straightforward. The hijacker asks in the sneakiest way possible. It usually hitches a ride with other software. The so-called software bundling technique is quite popular nowadays. If you don’t pay close attention to the installation process, you will install the intruder unintentionally. To prevent this, always opt for the Advanced/Custom option in the Setup Wizard. It can be a button or tab. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all additional software that is about to be installed. You can deselect all extras and still install the app you originally planned to set up. This is your computer. Make sure you know what you are giving your approval to. Install only trustworthy programs. Other malware distribution methods you should keep an eye out for are the good old spam emails, torrents, and fake software updates. Only your vigilance can keep your device virus-free.

Why is this dangerous?

The PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker is extremely intrusive. This parasite can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. It injects numerous adverts on every website you open, redirects your browser and even pauses your online videos. This aggressive marketing, however, has a price — your privacy. To select appealing adverts, this hijacker monitors your browsing related activities and uses the collected data as a base. Thus, if you enter “sneakers” into some search engine, the hijacker will display adverts for sports shoes. The problem is that the collected information is not secure. The hijacker stores that data on a remote server and sells access to it. Anyone willing to spend some money can use the collected information to target you with customized marketing campaigns. All sorts of crooks use the hijacker and its resources. Therefore, be careful what you do online. If an offer looks too good to be true, it probably isn’t. Think twice before you click on the next “great deal.” It might as well be corrupted. If you have the misfortune to click on a malicious advert, you may get redirected to infected or scam website. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. With the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker on board, you are far more likely to end up on bogus websites than on legitimate ones. Don’t put up with this. Remove the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB hijacker before it’s too late.

How to Remove PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB virus

The PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB startup location

STEP 3: Delete PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove PLAYING.YOUPHONE.CLUB Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.